Campion won the toss and chose to bat.
CCS got off to a good start, conceding only two singles off of the first over, bowled by Co-captain S Briggs. The next over was bowled by the other halve of the shared captaincy, J Rust. He was rewarded by his excellent bowling with a caught & bowled on the fourth ball, conceding only two off of the over. The next over (bowled by Briggs) proved a little more expensive for CCS, with Campion scoring 6, and Campion, with S Briggs taking two wickets, including a very good catch from behind the stumps by wicket keeper G Lawrence, which helped him to achieve fielding MOM. The next over saw G. Lawrence making a similar catch off of Rust's bowling, conceding two off of the over. The following two overs bowled by the captains had two runs conceded in each. After six overs Campion had sixteen runs for four wickets. The next bowler was T Orosz, conceding yet another two for CCS. J Snook was next to bowl and gave one of the most expensive overs of the innings, with Campion scoring six. Orosz's next over was a bowling MOM-winning performance by taking three wickets, including a golden-duck, and conceding only four, from a good shot played by W. Perzon that was played over the field and raced to the boundary. Those were his only runs, as he was bowled by Orosz two balls later. Snook's next over conceded three runs, but no wickets. Orosz took his fourth wicket the following over and was followed by a maiden over from J Snook and an amazing wicket-maiden bowled by Orosz. The last wicket was taken by fifth bowler, H Day, with a good bowl to knock the bails off for the last time of the innings. Campion finished on forty-five all-out.
CCS had a bad start for their batting-innings with J Snook being caught for a duck. Two overs later J Rust was dismissed with only three runs to add to the score. In the next over later T Orosz was bowled by T. Sidebottom and headed back with a run. S Briggs showed a good batting display by scoring two two's, a four and a single, only to be bowled by T. Carr. In the following over A Greenhill was bowled out for a duck, which was not helping CCS. The score: seventeen for five after six overs. The next batters in were batting MOM J Cox, who failed to be beaten by the Campion bowling, and J Wilde. Wilde got off of the mark on the first ball with a single, only to be stumped by wicket keeper S Guan. D Forbes was next in and after putting up a two-over fight went for one. G Lawrence was next in and got off of the mark for a single on the last ball of the over. He was faced by bowler J. Evans and after four dot-balls he edged the ball into the bowler's hands, out for a caught & bowled.
S Kellett hit his wicket after another two overs and went out for a duck next and final batter H Day went for another duck to end the match. CCS finished on thirty-eight all-out, only eight short of a win.
A good afternoon of cricket for both schools and from everyone here at CCS we wish Campion good luck in the 2nd round whoever they face.
Well done boys and don't forget training 3.30 – 4.30 on Thursdays.


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    {
        $this->request = new Lists();
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    {
        $this->assertSame($this->request, $this->request->cursor(2));
    }

    public function testCursorSetsCorrectly()
    {
        $this->request->cursor(2);

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        $this->assertSame('2', $this->request->getParameters()[0]->getValue());
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    {
        $this->assertSame($this->request, $this->request->excludeEntities());
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House Republican Grills CNN's Jim Sciutto Over Debt Ceiling Questions
Hey! Where'd All the 'Browns' Go?
Nikki Haley To Make 2024 Presidential Bid In Next Few Weeks
Obama and Kagan Whisper in the Faculty Lounge
Michael Barone | May 13, 2010
Professor chooses professor. That's one headline you could write about Barack Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.
Obama graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991; Kagan in 1986. Kagan joined the faculty at the University of Chicago Law School in 1991 and became a full professor there in 1995. Obama taught constitutional law there, though he was not formally a professor, from 1992 to 2004.
They have other things in common. Unusually for top law students who go on to teach law, they have published little: Kagan has written just five law review articles; Obama none.
Nor, from all the accounts we have, has either of them expressed, even in conversation, opinions on many burning legal issues. That should be just a little embarrassing for those Democrats who expressed disbelief when Clarence Thomas said he had not opined on the rightness of Roe v. Wade.
Both Obama and Kagan also earned the reputation of being respectful of the views even of conservatives. Candidate Obama had the gift of fairly stating others' positions in ways that moved them to think he actually agreed with them. As dean of the Harvard Law School, Kagan hired conservative scholars and gave welcoming speeches to the conservative Federalist Society.
Reporters have unearthed some of their writings in college that sound sophomorically left-wing -- but, hey, they were sophomores then, and you won't find many such utterances later in their careers. Obama's autobiographies carefully avoid statements that might have proved politically toxic later.
This stealth strategy has certainly paid off: Obama is president, and Kagan is solicitor general and looks like a cinch to be confirmed for the Supreme Court.
But behind their careful avoidance of incendiary issue positions one can find evidence that both the appointer and the appointee share the standpoint of the professor. They bring to public service attitudes that are commonplace in the faculty lounge but not nearly so common in the rest of America.
Consider Obama's constant calls for civility -- starting with his 2004 Democratic National Convention speech -- and his harsh characterizations of those who oppose him on issues. The candidate who talked of his eagerness to listen to others, "especially when we disagree," is the president who in a commencement speech laments that through blogs, cable TV and talk radio, "even some of the craziest claims can quickly gain traction. I've had some experience in that regard." Obama fans have taken to calling disagreement "sedition."
To critics, this sounds like a contradiction: the man urging civility engaging in incivility himself. But to the professorial mind, the contradiction may be invisible. University campuses, far from being open-minded forums of opinion, are the most closed-minded parts of our society, with speech codes and something resembling re-education classes for those who violate them.
University administrators seem to believe they have a moral obligation to suppress speech that displeases or offends them. Obama -- the self-proclaimed paragon of civility -- seems, like most professors, to regard Rush Limbaugh and Fox News as outside the bounds of legitimacy.
The one issue on which Kagan has voiced strong opinions is the ban on open gays in the military -- a stand pretty much universally held on campuses, but on which the nation beyond is divided. In barring military recruiters from Harvard Law School, she condemned "the military's discriminatory recruitment policy," "the military's discriminatory employment policy" and "the military's policy."
But it is not the military's policy. It's the law of the land, mandated by a bill passed by a Democratic Congress and signed by Bill Clinton, in whose White House Kagan was nonetheless willing to serve.
As dean at Harvard Law, Kagan signed a brief that sought to overturn the law denying federal funds to universities that barred military recruiters. Yet that brief, written by one of the ablest Supreme Court advocates, Walter Dellinger, was nonetheless rejected by the justices by a vote of 8 to 0.
In nominating Kagan, Obama said he wanted a justice who understood "the real world." But it seems that he nominated someone who, on one important occasion, utterly misjudged the real world beyond the campus.
Of course, one might say the same of Obama himself, who has pushed big government policies that seem like no-brainers to most professors but have aroused passionate and principled opposition from the public at large. We are seeing what government by the faculty lounge looks like.
Former GOP Rep Demands We Hold Those Who Mocked Paul Pelosi Attack Accountable Matt Vespa
It's Almost Comical That Some on the Left Consider This Activity Smug and Middle Class Matt Vespa
Hey! Where'd All the 'Browns' Go? Ann Coulter

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Since the beginning of my career, I've had mentors. I never asked for one but, fortunately, my supervisors always decided to give me advice on how to improve certain aspects of my professional life. I guess they felt that I was open to it and it was worth the effort.
I will never forget the day I had my first professional interview at a manufacturing company in Puerto Rico. I had to meet with five (5) different managers. They were interviewing recent college graduates for Production Supervisory positions they had available. The company was undergoing a re-engineering process and they wanted to hire junior engineers to help streamline processes and maximize productivity. I was selected by a very refined, yet extremely straight-forward Cuban-American manager. He said to me, "I chose you because although you seem extremely shy, you also seem to have great potential". That was the beginning of a mentoring process that at that moment I did not see coming.
I was assigned to work the third shift (10 pm to 6 am). However, every morning after my shift ended, he wanted me to stay around for meetings and conference calls with the company US headquarters. His goal was for me to practice my English language skills, work on my confidence, and learn more about the business. Every time we had one of those conference calls I felt like I was about to die. I had headaches, dizziness, and stomach pains.
Once, he said to me that even when I was doing a terrific job balancing production lines and implementing productivity measuring tools, nobody knew who I was. He indicated that it was extremely important for me to network with the other managers. That suggestion caused me a lot of stress. I could not understand why I needed to talk to anyone else. I was doing my job well, production output was good, I was even implementing tools to measure production efficiency; so to me, this was mean and unnecessary. However, pushing myself to follow his recommendation helped me being promoted very quickly to the first shift and also to be considered for a new position as master production planner helping the company to successfully implement a plant-wide supply-chain system.
Like him, I've had many supervisors and colleagues who have provided mentoring advice. It has not been in a formal fashion where you meet purposely to discuss a working plan, yet it has been consciously done. It is very difficult to provide advice when none has been requested; however if you have the opportunity to mentor someone, do not let that opportunity pass. Mentoring is a two-way street and it benefits the mentor and the one mentored.
Observe and Listen: Observing how people perform and what they say is a good way to identify potential in someone. Usually, people who are introverts also have great performance. These types of people usually associate success with end-results. What they don't realize is the importance of verbal communication and networking. If you see someone like that, talk to that person. Ask about her/his interests. Let them know that if they need information or guidance, you are more than willing to help.
Suggest extra-tasks: Most of the things that I have done in my professional life and that have been outside of my comfort zone, have been assigned to me as extraordinary tasks. I had no choice but to take on those responsibilities. My supervisors would say: "I need you to do this" or "you will be involved in or leading this project". They also highlighted that if I had questions or needed any support, not to hesitate to ask for it. They reinforced their confidence in my abilities to get the job done. Actually, one time, one of them said to me "I have more faith in you than you have in yourself. Go and get that job done!". It was such an eye opener for me that I've never forgotten that moment.
Performance reviews are a great tool to provide honest and well-intentioned feedback: Utilize performance reviews not only to go over end-results and new goals but also to discuss potential projects, areas of improvement, and how you can help that person make progress. You can also discuss and suggest other areas of work, lateral career moves, social activities, and potential professional organizations.
Being a mentor is a great privilege but also a huge responsibility. You can really have an impact on people's careers. You can also an impact on the performance of the organization. I am convinced that employees feel more accountable and productive when they know and feel the organization cares about them.
I will always remember when I was a production supervisor and I had to convince people to work overtime. I always helped my employees on whatever they needed. I was always available to talk to them. Therefore, whenever the company needed them to work extra time, they always said that because I had been there for them, they were going to be there for me. I truly believe in leading by example.
As leaders, we need to have a commitment to continuous improvement. Sometimes we want the glamour of a job position and the money associated with it but we don't want the greater purpose that goes with it.
Mentors are life-long friends, people that end up knowing you and being part of your success and your journey. My mentors are people that I truly feel grateful for and will forever be connected to.
Pass your knowledge to others. Teach and share your experiences. Connect with others on a deeper level. That's part of being a leader. Go for it!
Aixa has over 20 years of experience working with public agencies and private companies in Puerto Rico and New Jersey since she obtained her US-NCEES professional Engineering License in 1992. She is also an active member of the Puerto Rico College of Engineers and Surveyors. She moved to New Jersey nine (9) years ago and has worked as a business development & marketing manager for small engineering firms helping them reach out to new markets. Aixa has successfully implemented CRM systems and has facilitated ways to integrate project management/client focused reports as business tools.


"If you come to this country, you have to learn English." That old adage. Somehow, it seems to unite bigots and those of a relatively progressive mindset, frequently appropriated as an endnote to what can often be explosive discussions over immigration.
If the phrase were a country, it would be Switzerland. In my experience, when a debate over foreign nationals turns bellicose, the assertion that one has to learn English if they're going to live in the UK seems to corral everybody into neutral territory, garnering affirmative noises from all camps.
As a standalone statement, I don't dispute it: if you live in another country, be it the UK or otherwise, attempting to learn the language will make life far easier, from both a work and social perspective. Indeed, you as the language learner should have the final say over exactly what you need to learn in order to get by.
What I take issue with is this: people seldom debate the details that get overlooked when they insist that foreign nationals learn English. And perhaps more importantly still, because it's a point that is difficult to dispute, as well as one that can bring closure to an argument, we often miss the opportunity to challenge those who may use it to mask viperous anti-immigration sentiments.
The details that the assertion misses pertain to two main ideas. First, it doesn't quantify how much English one must learn in order to be acceptable in the eyes of those making the demands. For me, it sets the same admonitory precedent as the phrase "I'm not racist, but …" The statement "I'm not anti-immigration, but they should learn English", if left unchallenged, can become a dangerous criterion by which some people decide which foreign nationals they'll tolerate, and which they won't.
Therein also lies the possibility that those heard speaking their own language are assumed not to be able to speak English, or to have failed to learn it. Following the recent vote to leave the EU, I've had friends from France, Bahrain and Poland tell me they've been ordered to speak English by people who've overheard them speaking their mother tongue. They can all speak English exceptionally well but are now worried about being heard speaking anything else in case they're met with abuse.
Even if they could not speak English, it is utterly deplorable to intimidate and scorn somebody on the basis of their language. But worse, it demonstrates how the goalposts are constantly shifting for the non-native speaker; not only do they have to meet an arbitrary standard of English set by the listener, woe betide them if they ever slip into their own language for a few moments.
Not only this, but the demand that people who live here learn English also fails to take account of people's financial situation, ability and motivation. Even learning the basics of a language takes dedication, focus, incentive, access to resources, time and some sort of financial commitment, be it funding a course or saying no to a shift in order to attend a class. A lot of people coming to the UK – either for work or to flee war or persecution – could only dream of enrolling on a five-day-a-week private English course, and have to make do with learning through interaction, on the job, free Esol classes and/or by using applications and books, all while juggling the demands of work and life.
While many people do attain a high level of English by these means, some are never really afforded the opportunity to grasp the intricacies (particularly grammatical) that English contains. A friend of mine from Iraq came to the UK to seek asylum six years ago, and in spite of his efforts and hard work, people still assume he has never bothered to learn English properly as he still struggles with his speaking. Because he's had to rely on sporadic, volunteer-run classes, self-study and simply picking things up, he feels he can only get so far, yet any progress he has made is promptly negated whenever anyone deems his English to be below par.
This underlines the danger in having – at best – fluid criteria by which to judge how much English foreign nationals ought to learn, and – at worst – no criteria at all. My Iraqi friend can get by very well and could certainly get along in a work environment, but this didn't stop a woman in the post office telling him that he should improve his English if he is going to live in the UK.
In the current climate, it is more important than ever that we meet foreign nationals with support and solidarity, rather than unquantifiable expectations and oversimplified demands. We can't judge people's efforts to engage in the process of picking up English, nor their dedication to learn, by what we hear in fleeting conversations. Nor can we shirk our duty to challenge any anti-immigration sentiment we suspect is being expressed, just because it's embedded in seemingly harmless terms.


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(TechRepublic) IBM and partners are strongly urging organizations to begin discussing the issues they have that quantum could solve and think about investing in the technology—now.
Quantum is entering the mainstream of the computing world because "today's powerful computers are not enough," said Heike Riel, IBM Fellow and lead IBM Research Quantum Europe & Africa.
IBM's roadmap for quantum has gone from 27 qubit chips in 2019 to 65 qubits in 2020. Next year's goal is to break 100 the quantum barrier and demonstrate a 127 chip called Eagle, Riel said. In 2022, the expectation is 433 qubits and a chip called Osprey, as well as more miniaturization of components and integration, she said.
By the end of 2023, the goal is to break the 1,000 qubit barrier to allow for more applications, and "lead us to a path of one million qubits, which will require new infrastructure and quantum error correction," Riel said.
To prepare for quantum, organizations need to investigate the problems they would like to apply the technology to, Benno Broer, founder and CEO of the Netherlands-based Qu & Co.. "What you see quite often is companies start by identifying the most relevant use cases … where they're trying to use high-performance computing-type solutions that are falling short or expect to."
The second action is for people to start sharing their domain knowledge, he recommended. "Get that dialogue going because if we don't share domain expertise with someone who could potentially solve [a problem] with quantum, the solution won't be developed."
Because it will take time to develop those methods, people should also collaborate on quantum projects and test them on new hardware, he said.
ORNL Presents Top Science Award to Researcher Paul Kent Who Developed a Quantum Computing Code
Enhancing Battery Performance with Quantum Sensors


The idea that international law requires that a breach is undone and reparation is provided is central to law as such, and no less so to international law. Take away the notion of responsibility, and much of how we think about international law and why it matters starts to transform. This chapter explores the structuring role of responsibility in international legal discourse, and discusses how transformations in the international legal system that move the dominant interstate system to the background inevitably affect the structuring role of international responsibility.


Next week I'm attending the first ever Crossfit Instructors' Certification being held outside of America, and I have to travel exactly 1.1 miles from my front door to get to it at Crossfit Manchester!
Interestingly I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it though. One the one hand, it is in itself an exciting event. The Crossfit certification is bringing together Crossfitters from across Europe and I believe as far afield as South Africa, which in itself will be great. Getting couched by Crossfit HQ trainers like Annie Sakamoto will also be totally awesome. Or course getting my Level 1 cert will be a great achievement (assuming I pass) considering my lard arsed past.
However that is tempered by several things. First there's the fact that I already enjoy excellent Crossfit coaching from Mark and Karl, the www.CrossfitManchester.co.uk Level 2 Crossfit coaches. So I strongly suspect whereas for many who attend who have only been Crossfitting off the website, I probably have less to learn. That's not meant to sound condescending, but I simply wouldn't have stayed at Crossfit Manchester for the last 18 months, if I didn't think that the quality of the coaching was among the best I could get. If I had just been going off the website myself, I'm reasonably sure that myself taught technique would probably be appalling.
Additionally there's the slight trepidation of 2 full on days of workouts and the slight fear that I won't be up to the fitness standard, especially judging by how much I still ache from Barbara on Saturday! Finally there's the disappointment at the news that Greg Glassman himself won't be attending, which we'd all be told he would be. Whilst I have no doubts that the coaching will be world class, it would have been great to shake the hand of the man that invented Crossfit and personally thank him for the life altering changes it has had on me.
By Mark Rippetoe – He has 28 years experience in the fitness industry and 10 years experience as a competitive powerlifter. He has been certified as an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist since 1985 and is a USA Weightlifting Level III Coach and Senior Coach, as well as a USA Track and Field Level I Coach.
Anyone who says that full squats are "bad for the knees" has, with that statement, demonstrated conclusively that they are not entitled to an opinion about the matter.
People who know nothing about a topic, especially a very technical one that requires specific training, knowledge, and experience, are not due an opinion about that topic and are better served by being quiet when it is asked about or discussed. For example, when brain surgery, or string theory, or the NFL draft, or women's dress sizes, or white wine is being discussed, I remain quiet, odd though that may seem.
But seldom is this the case when orthopaedic surgeons, athletic trainers, physical therapists, or nurses are asked about full squats. Most such people have absolutely no idea what a full squat even is, and they certainly have no concept of how it affects the knees, unless they have had additional training beyond their specialties, which for the professions mentioned does not include full squats. Because if these people knew anything about squatting, and the difference between a full squat and any other kind of squat and what they do to the knees, they would know that "full squats are bad for the knees" is wrong and thus would not be making such a ridiculous statement.
Now, this is not to say that doctors, PTs, and nurses haven't been exposed to knee anatomy. They have, but they have not, as a rule, been exposed to correct squatting, and thus they have no idea how the movement is related to knee anatomy. The fact is that the knee and hip anatomy actually dictate correct squatting technique. Smart as these people are, you'd think that they could figure this out, and thus derive correct technique, the way we ignorant, uneducated lifters have. But I guess you'd be wrong if you thought that.
Hahaha, Rippetoe is famous for his no nonsense blunt approach to life and this article is indicative of the great quality content the Crossfit Journal contains. It used to be delivered as an emailed pdf each month, but they have just changed this to a subscription based website.
Colin, I have no doubt that you will not only cope with the workouts over the course of the weekend but that you will excel at any and all of the workouts.
as for Gregg Glassman not coming over, that is a bummer but im sure whoever comes over it is going to be one great weekend!
Hats off to Karl and Mark!
I've only trained with Karl so far, but I've learned so much from him.
I'm really pleased Manchester got the gig, those guys deserve success. I hope this showcases Crossfit in the UK and promotes it too.
You are a lucky man living so close, heck if it wasn't an 84mile round trip every session I'd be a regular too.
Cheers Davie, I've done something crunchy to my shoulder so am taking it easy this week to make sure I'm it tip top condition for the weekend. I'm being a good boy with the diet too and will be maxing out the fish oil come the weekend. Tis a shame about Glassman, I was really looking forward to that.
Steve, yep the Crossfit Manc coaches are the roxors and I do consider myself very lucky to have it so close.


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Allentown native, others recall Pearl Harbor attack
By By Hugh Lessig and Special to The Morning Call
Growing up in Allentown, Bill Muehleib would visit his grandmother's house and listen to Hawaiian music on the Victrola. A curious kid by nature, he always wanted to visit the islands.
He got his wish when he arrived in Hawaii in November 1940 as a member of what was then the Army Air Corps. A little more than one year later, he watched from Hickam Field as Japanese aircraft unleashed a lethal fury of bombs and torpedoes on Pearl Harbor.
As the attack escalated, Muehleib found himself away from the flight line and with a good view of the action. Enemy aircraft flew over, and he could see the bombs drop. He could see the impact.
Strangely, Hawaii seemed like a far-off place all over again.
"It was a rather disorganized experience," said Muehleib, 89, who lives in Virginia Beach, Va., and is national president of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. "You actually felt like you were watching something that was happening somewhere else."
Muehleib, a private assigned to the 6th Pursuit Squadron in the 18th Pursuit Group, was one of several Allentown natives at Pearl Harbor. Among them was his cousin, fellow soldier Robert Muehleib.
Edward Muehleib, who was in Allentown on Dec. 7, 1941, and still lives in the city, remembers the uncertainty after he learned the Japanese had attacked a post manned by his cousin Bill and brother Robert.
"I was worried about them, hoping they were all right," he said. "We didn't hear anything for two weeks. Then [Robert] sent a letter" assuring the family both were fine.
Edward Muehleib eventually served in the Navy in the Pacific during the war. His brother Robert died in 1994.
Doctors are called
Betty Campen, a civilian government worker, lived near Waikiki, some miles away from the attack. Glued to the radio for news, she recorded events in her diary as they occurred.
I hear a call for a number of doctors being called to the Tripler General Hospital. It must be there really was damage done. It just can't be that this is all happening. It just can't be true and yet, when you hear these things over the radio and see the deserted streets, well, it really begins to sink in. This call for the doctors, really sounds bad.
A young woman with a sense of adventure, Campen had moved to Hawaii from Oregon. She clearly thought women could hold their own in the 1940s, an attitude destined to become more fashionable as men moved to the battlefield and women moved to the workplace.
Now they change one of their former statements that civilian employees of Pearl Harbor are now permitted to report to Pearl Harbor — except women. Darn, why can't they let the women [in] on a little excitement, instead of making us just sit here and "wonder" what it's all about. I can't even take any exciting movie shots. My chance to make myself famous and here I try to write a story of the happenings of "The Attack" when I know I can't write.
Campen, a wife and mother of two, died in 2007 in Chesapeake, Va.
'Here's a dive bomber'
Bill Temple, stationed well inland at Wheeler Field, probably wished the battle had been farther away.
Japanese planes targeted Wheeler in a furious bid to destroy sitting American aircraft before they could take off. Tech. Sgt. Temple, a member of the Army Air Forces, had witnessed the first rush of the attack and gone to fetch ammunition. But he had grabbed .45-caliber rounds. He needed ordnance capable of bringing down aircraft.
As the attack intensified, he began a return trip to the same hangar.
"I didn't want to run down the street again because I knew they were shooting past me," said Temple, now 92 and a resident of Virginia Beach. "I didn't get hit, but I didn't want to take that chance again."
He decided to run behind a row of buildings where workers had begun to dig foundations for new structures. He figured to hide in the foundations and gradually work his way to the hangar. As he began his trek, he noticed two men coming toward him.
"One had on a white jacket," Temple said. "The next thing I know, here's a dive bomber. I saw him release his bomb and you could tell right when he released the bomb where it was going to hit. And sure enough, it hit those two guys. The next thing I know that white shirt was way up in the air."
Dived into the water
Russell Argabrite was trapped below decks on the battleship USS California. A spring-loaded hatch blocked his way and above him came the sound of men yelling "Abandon ship!" Years later, he recalled the moment with a chuckle.
"Of course," he said, "there wasn't nowhere to go."
Then someone opened the hatch. A moment later, he dived over the side of the ship, still wearing his shoes, and swam toward Ford Island through a sea of black fuel oil.
"I think it took me a month to get it out of the roots of my hair," he said. "It's really gooey and it's really uncomfortable, and slick. You can't stand up. You got over there, and it's on the soles of your shoes and you can hardly stand up."
Reaching the shore, he was directed to a mess hall where the tables held wounded men. The 19-year-old Ohio farm boy got his first taste of war.
"Some of them had been burned, and there was just flesh hanging off them," he said. "You've never seen nothing like that. I'd seen a guy cut his thumb once, and that was the limit of what I'd seen before that. You can imagine. I'm a country boy here that maybe sees a guy get his foot cut on a bottle or something."
Argabrite, who spent much of his later life in Norfolk, Va., died in 1990. His Pearl Harbor memories were documented by the North Texas State University Oral History Project.
One confirmed kill
On the destroyer USS Phelps, ship's cook Frank Chebetar was at the controls of a four-barrel antiaircraft gun that he operated with a foot pedal. As members of the gun crew fed in rounds, Chebetar took aim at incoming Japanese fighters and bombers as the ship got under way. He saw the USS Utah, an old training battleship. It had capsized.
"The men were crawling over the side like ants," he said. "And they were still strafing everybody, even the men in the water."
Fighting through his fear, Chebetar and his gun crew kept pounding away at low-flying Japanese planes. He shot down one plane, but he wasn't celebrating.
"I was so scared that I even cried," said the Virginia Beach resident. "That's how bad it was."
Saving the car
Carl Ferreira, now living in Poquoson, Va., was 11 years old that morning, and his father worked for the Army Corps of Engineers. He lived about 16 miles from Pearl Harbor on Wilhelmina Rise, basically on the side of a mountain. He had a panoramic view.
That morning, he and his family listened intently to the radio as the first reports of the attack came in. His uncle, a bachelor, had been living with the family in a basement apartment and working at Pearl Harbor as a civilian blacksmith.
His uncle worked through the night on Dec. 6 and planned to leave work the morning of the 7th. Once the attack broke out, his family didn't see him until 10 a.m. He pulled into the driveway with his brand new car, a maroon Oldsmobile convertible with one of those spiffy Hydra-Matic transmissions, a true automatic. He parked the car, got out and said he needed to hitch a ride back to Pearl.
So why did he come home?
"I don't want some Jap blowing up my new car!"
The family didn't see him for the next few days.
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Being the crew chief, Temple stood on the wing as the pilot settled in. He hooked up his oxygen supply, his safety belt, and performed other checks. About that time, a line of Japanese fighters made another run at the field. The pilot didn't wait for Temple to finish.
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That pilot made it into the air and shot down three Japanese fighters in succession, Temple said.
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Q: Can't get npm and sqlite3 to work on MacOS Catalina I'm going crazy trying to install the npm package in a project folder (a simple npm install) on my mac as it always leads to errors which are out of my grasp.
It seems some packages are not being successfully installed, and ones which I need for the project I'm working on (sqlite).
I have tried to reinstall node/npm, and I've also tried to reinstall the XCode and the CommandLine Tools as instructed on some debugging posts I found online, but to no avail.
While the error messages have changed, they always seem to block at some specific modules, including the sqlite module.
I have attached the debug report, which I really hope someone more experienced than myself can look at and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I really wish to start working on projects locally on my mac, but I can't seem to understand what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
Here is the error snippet (full log can be found here):
17 warnings and 12 errors generated.
17 warnings and 12 errors generated.
make: *** [Release/obj.target/node_sqlite3/src/database.o] Error 1
make: *** [Release/obj.target/node_sqlite3/src/database.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error
gypgyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
 gyp ERR!ERR! stack      at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12)
build error
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.6.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-darwin-x64/node_sqlite3.node" "--module_name=node_sqlite3" "--module_path=/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-darwin-x64"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3
gypgyp ERR!  node -v v12.18.2
gyp ERR!ERR!  node-gyp -v v5.1.0
stackgyp  Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
ERR! gypnot ok
 ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.6.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-darwin-x64/node_sqlite3.node" "--module_name=node_sqlite3" "--module_path=/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-darwin-x64"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3
gyp ERR! node -v v12.18.2
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-darwin-x64/node_sqlite3.node --module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-darwin-x64' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.6.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v12.18.2
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.38
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --module=/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-darwin-x64/node_sqlite3.node --module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v72-darwin-x64' (1)
npm WARN x-press-publishing@1.0.0 No repository field.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! sqlite3@3.1.13 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the sqlite3@3.1.13 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/nunoferrao/.npm/_logs/2020-09-08T14_20_29_324Z-debug.log

Regards,
Nuno

A: I don't know if you're still looking for answers but I had the same problems on MacOs Big Sur.
After updating my npm version with :
npm i -g npm@latest

I had to update my python version on MacOs:
brew install Python

Then my install of sqlite3 has worked.

A: you probably need to reinstall xcode from app store or via the command line
firstly, check if xcode is installed by executing
$ xcode-select -print-path

this will return the path where xcode is installed, then delete this path if it exists
$ rm -rf $(xcode-select -print-path)

now reinstall xcode by executing
$ xcode-select --install

then install npm modules again by executing
$ npm install

A: It seems like a problem with node-gyp. Try to delete ~/.node-gyp folder and run npm install again. Seems to be pretty helpful as bnoordhuis suggest on github:

Delete your $HOME/.node-gyp directory and try again.

A: Thanks a lot for your help.
I didn't manage to solve it through your suggestions but it still pointed me in useful directions. I eventually uninstalled npm again and manually installed all the add-ons subsequently. The command npm install sqlite3 still gave some errors as shown below:
node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for sqlite3@5.0.0 and node@12.18.3 (node-v72 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND mapbox-node-binary.s3.amazonaws.com
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/../node-addon-api/src/nothing.o
  LIBTOOL-STATIC Release/nothing.a
  ACTION deps_sqlite3_gyp_action_before_build_target_unpack_sqlite_dep Release/obj/gen/sqlite-autoconf-3310100/sqlite3.c
  TOUCH Release/obj.target/deps/action_before_build.stamp
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/sqlite3/gen/sqlite-autoconf-3310100/sqlite3.o
  LIBTOOL-STATIC Release/sqlite3.a
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/node_sqlite3/src/backup.o
../src/backup.cc:191:9: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    int status = napi_create_async_work(
        ^
../src/backup.cc:263:5: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    BACKUP_BEGIN(Step);
    ^
../src/macros.h:175:9: note: expanded from macro 'BACKUP_BEGIN'
    int status = napi_create_async_work(                                       \
        ^
../src/backup.cc:329:5: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    BACKUP_BEGIN(Finish);
    ^
../src/macros.h:175:9: note: expanded from macro 'BACKUP_BEGIN'
    int status = napi_create_async_work(                                       \
        ^
3 warnings generated.
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/node_sqlite3/src/database.o
../src/database.cc:144:9: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    int status = napi_create_async_work(
        ^
../src/database.cc:240:9: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    int status = napi_create_async_work(
        ^
../src/database.cc:557:9: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    int status = napi_create_async_work(
        ^
../src/database.cc:667:9: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    int status = napi_create_async_work(
        ^
4 warnings generated.
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/node_sqlite3/src/node_sqlite3.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/node_sqlite3/src/statement.o
../src/statement.cc:35:21: warning: result of comparison against a string literal is unspecified (use strncmp instead)
      [-Wstring-compare]
    if (object_type == "Date") {
                    ^  ~~~~~~
../src/statement.cc:37:28: warning: result of comparison against a string literal is unspecified (use strncmp instead)
      [-Wstring-compare]
    } else if (object_type == "RegExp") {
                           ^  ~~~~~~~~
../src/statement.cc:128:9: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    int status = napi_create_async_work(
        ^
../src/statement.cc:188:51: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
    else if (OtherInstanceOf(source.As<Object>(), "RegExp")) {
                                                  ^
../src/statement.cc:209:51: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
    else if (OtherInstanceOf(source.As<Object>(), "Date")) {
                                                  ^
../src/statement.cc:243:87: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
        else if (!info[start].IsObject() || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[star...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:243:142: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
  ...|| OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "Date") || info[start].I...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:349:5: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    STATEMENT_BEGIN(Bind);
    ^
../src/macros.h:145:9: note: expanded from macro 'STATEMENT_BEGIN'
    int status = napi_create_async_work(                                       \
        ^
../src/statement.cc:400:5: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    STATEMENT_BEGIN(Get);
    ^
../src/macros.h:145:9: note: expanded from macro 'STATEMENT_BEGIN'
    int status = napi_create_async_work(                                       \
        ^
../src/statement.cc:471:5: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    STATEMENT_BEGIN(Run);
    ^
../src/macros.h:145:9: note: expanded from macro 'STATEMENT_BEGIN'
    int status = napi_create_async_work(                                       \
        ^
../src/statement.cc:540:5: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    STATEMENT_BEGIN(All);
    ^
../src/macros.h:145:9: note: expanded from macro 'STATEMENT_BEGIN'
    int status = napi_create_async_work(                                       \
        ^
../src/statement.cc:640:5: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    STATEMENT_BEGIN(Each);
    ^
../src/macros.h:145:9: note: expanded from macro 'STATEMENT_BEGIN'
    int status = napi_create_async_work(                                       \
        ^
../src/statement.cc:766:5: warning: unused variable 'status' [-Wunused-variable]
    STATEMENT_BEGIN(Reset);
    ^
../src/macros.h:145:9: note: expanded from macro 'STATEMENT_BEGIN'
    int status = napi_create_async_work(                                       \
        ^
../src/statement.cc:243:87: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
        else if (!info[start].IsObject() || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[star...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:337:26: note: in instantiation of function template specialization
      'node_sqlite3::Statement::Bind<node_sqlite3::Statement::Baton>' requested here
    Baton* baton = stmt->Bind<Baton>(info);
                         ^
../src/statement.cc:243:142: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
  ...|| OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "Date") || info[start].I...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:188:51: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
    else if (OtherInstanceOf(source.As<Object>(), "RegExp")) {
                                                  ^
../src/statement.cc:240:45: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'node_sqlite3::Statement::BindParameter<int>'
      requested here
                baton->parameters.push_back(BindParameter((array).Get(i), pos));
                                            ^
../src/statement.cc:337:26: note: in instantiation of function template specialization
      'node_sqlite3::Statement::Bind<node_sqlite3::Statement::Baton>' requested here
    Baton* baton = stmt->Bind<Baton>(info);
                         ^
../src/statement.cc:209:51: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
    else if (OtherInstanceOf(source.As<Object>(), "Date")) {
                                                  ^
../src/statement.cc:188:51: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
    else if (OtherInstanceOf(source.As<Object>(), "RegExp")) {
                                                  ^
../src/statement.cc:263:49: note: in instantiation of function template specialization 'node_sqlite3::Statement::BindParameter<const
      char *>' requested here
                    baton->parameters.push_back(BindParameter((object).Get(name),
                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:337:26: note: in instantiation of function template specialization
      'node_sqlite3::Statement::Bind<node_sqlite3::Statement::Baton>' requested here
    Baton* baton = stmt->Bind<Baton>(info);
                         ^
../src/statement.cc:209:51: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
    else if (OtherInstanceOf(source.As<Object>(), "Date")) {
                                                  ^
../src/statement.cc:243:87: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
        else if (!info[start].IsObject() || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[star...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:388:26: note: in instantiation of function template specialization
      'node_sqlite3::Statement::Bind<node_sqlite3::Statement::RowBaton>' requested here
    Baton* baton = stmt->Bind<RowBaton>(info);
                         ^
../src/statement.cc:243:142: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
  ...|| OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "Date") || info[start].I...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:243:87: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
        else if (!info[start].IsObject() || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[star...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:459:26: note: in instantiation of function template specialization
      'node_sqlite3::Statement::Bind<node_sqlite3::Statement::RunBaton>' requested here
    Baton* baton = stmt->Bind<RunBaton>(info);
                         ^
../src/statement.cc:243:142: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
  ...|| OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "Date") || info[start].I...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:243:87: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
        else if (!info[start].IsObject() || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[star...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:528:26: note: in instantiation of function template specialization
      'node_sqlite3::Statement::Bind<node_sqlite3::Statement::RowsBaton>' requested here
    Baton* baton = stmt->Bind<RowsBaton>(info);
                         ^
../src/statement.cc:243:142: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
  ...|| OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "Date") || info[start].I...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:243:87: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
        else if (!info[start].IsObject() || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[star...
                                                                                ^
../src/statement.cc:620:30: note: in instantiation of function template specialization
      'node_sqlite3::Statement::Bind<node_sqlite3::Statement::EachBaton>' requested here
    EachBaton* baton = stmt->Bind<EachBaton>(info, 0, last);
                             ^
../src/statement.cc:243:142: warning: ISO C++11 does not allow conversion from string literal to 'char *' [-Wwritable-strings]
  ...|| OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "RegExp") || OtherInstanceOf(info[start].As<Object>(), "Date") || info[start].I...
                                                                                ^
27 warnings generated.
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/node_sqlite3.node
  COPY /Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/napi-v3-darwin-x64/node_sqlite3.node
  TOUCH Release/obj.target/action_after_build.stamp
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/package.json'
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/nunoferrao/Documents/Webdev/Codecademy/capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing/package.json'
npm WARN capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing No description
npm WARN capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing No repository field.
npm WARN capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing No README data
npm WARN capstone-project-1-x-press-publishing No license field.

+ sqlite3@5.0.0
added 113 packages from 137 contributors and audited 211 packages in 42.782s

But eventually installed what I assume is a fallback version.
For now the project code seems to be working (running the js file finally created the sqlite3 database file as intended), so for now it seems its working.
Not sure what the errors and messages in the instalation shown above mean and if I will have more issues down the line, but for now... let's see.
Thanks.
Nuno

A: I had the same issue after updating to Big Sur. Installing Xcode Command Line Tools helped. For that run
$ xcode-select --install

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Apple among companies sued over 'brutal' child labor
William Gallagher | Dec 15, 2019
Lithion-ion batteries like this inside an iPhone use cobalt.
A class suit representing multiple plaintiffs from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been filed against Apple, Google, Tesla and others. It claims tech companies have knowingly exploited underage labor in local mining for cobalt, used in lithium-ion batteries.
Apple, Google, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla have been named in a lawsuit alleging the exploitation of underage labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In each case, the companies are accused of knowing that the cobalt they buy to use in their battery technologies was originally mined by young children.
"The young children mining Defendants' cobalt are not merely being forced to work full-time, extremely dangerous mining jobs at the expense [of] their educations and futures," says the suit, "they are being regularly maimed and killed by tunnel collapses and other known hazards common to cobalt mining in the DRC."
"Cobalt is a key component of every rechargeable lithium-ion battery in all of the gadgets made by Defendants and all other tech and electric car companies in the world," it continues, "that has brought on the latest wave of cruel exploitation fueled by greed, corruption and indifference to a population of powerless, starving Congolese people."
The suit was filed in the US District of Columbia by Terrence Collingsworth of International Rights Advocates on behalf of both multiple specific plaintiffs and others similarly affected.
Saying that the plaintiffs expect to add other companies to the case following further research, the suit claims that these firms have all used a euphemism to facilitate the underage work.
"[The workers] are officially referred to as 'artisanal' miners to dress up the fact that this means they are working in a large informal sector of people, including young children, who go to the areas where cobalt is found and use primitive tools to dig and tunnel for cobalt without any safety equipment and without any structural support for the tunnels," it says.
The full suit (linked below) details multiple cases of injuries and fatalities that it says are common in the work.
"Miners are regularly maimed or killed when a tunnel collapses, and frequently, the bodies of those trapped in the darkness of rubble are never recovered."
The suit seeks a trial by jury and ultimately damages and costs to the miners. It also wants the companies to fund "appropriate medical care" for the plaintives, "and clean up the environmental impacts."
The cobalt mines in the court filing are owned by Glencore, and a spokesperson from the company has told
">The Guardian
that it denies using such labor.
"Glencore supports and respects human rights in a manner consistent with the universal declaration of human rights," said the spokesperson. "Glencore's production of cobalt in the DRC is a by-product of our industrial copper production. Glencore's operations in the DRC do not purchase or process any artisanally mined ore."
"Glencore does not tolerate any form of child, forced, or compulsory labour," the spokesperson continued.
Apple has not publicly commented on the suit, filed today, but it has previously been accused of similar activities.
In 2016, Amnesty International claimed that a range of firms including Apple, Samsung, Sony and Microsoft, were buying cobalt from producers who mined it using these underage people.
At the time, Apple responded that it was unable to determine the origin of the cobalt that it used.
"Underage labour is never tolerated in our supply chain and we are proud to have led the industry in pioneering new safeguards," Apple then said in a statement to the BBC. "We are currently evaluating dozens of different materials, including cobalt, in order to identify labour and environmental risks as well as opportunities for Apple to bring about effective, scalable and sustainable change."
Congo Suit by Mikey Campbell on Scribd
gatorguy
I don't know whether including Google is valid or not. For Google's part they've acknowledged the serious child labor problem in the Congo and since at least 2016 have been monetarily assisting the effort to eradicate this issue in the mines there.
https://sustainability.google/projects/children-out-of-mining/
wood1208
If this guy Terrence Collingsworth is so cared of younger people working and making living to feed themselves and family than he should give his own money to them. If he is lawyer than must not be making enough living.
viclauyyc
Why not sue Congo government for failing to protect their young citizens?
maestro64
viclauyyc said:
Because there is no money in that.
Or sue the mine owners, or go after the end users because they will not give up their cheap electronics.
Why didn't the last US administration add lithium and cobalt to the list of conflict mineral list coming out the Congo. This is nothing new for the Congo.
seanismorris
The problem seems to start in the country the cobalt is being mined, then with the companies buying the cobalt (battery suppliers). Going up the chain to companies that don't make the devices (just design and sell them) is really going after the wrong people.
Next, is the lawsuit about money? How much? And where does it go, if they win the lawsuit? Somehow I doubt it gets back to the exploited children.


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Brown, who once trained to be a Jesuit priest, said the path to transformational change must include the mass mobilization of the religious and theological leaders.
"We have very different personalities. We have very different backgrounds, but we do have an affection for each other," de León said of Brown. "We're sometimes like the 'The Odd Couple,' Felix and Oscar," he added, referencing the mismatched roommates of TV fame, one fastidious, the other slovenly. "Don't ask me who is who."
The Democratic governor and de León, president pro tem of the California Senate, have been instrumental in fortifying California's reputation as an international climate change champion.
Brown, 79, made it the cause of his second stint as governor, negotiating into law this summer a decade-long extension of the state's cap-and-trade system that distributes carbon-emission permits while vowing to occupy the global space left by President Donald Trump's retreat.
De León has helped Brown cement the biggest climate deals in recent years, carrying some of the measures himself and working behind the scenes to pass others.
Now, in the twilight of that partnership – with Brown closing in on an unprecedented four terms as governor, and de León using his Capitol record as a cudgel against Trump and the Democratic establishment in Washington – their careers reflect both the state's shifting demographics and the challenges the next generation of leaders faces as it struggles to replace its elders.
De León, 50, arrived at the Vatican shortly after announcing a daring challenge to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 84, a close friend of Brown. She officiated his wedding in 2005, and Brown is expected to endorse her for reelection.
"I don't want to get into the endorsement story quite yet. I will," said Brown, whose father appointed Feinstein to the Women's Board of Terms and Parole in 1960.
"But sitting here," he added, "standing between the columns and the palm trees of the Vatican at the Pontifical Institute, I don't want to."
It wouldn't be the first time Brown and de León have diverged. Even the roots of their interest in climate change are different.
Orville Schell, who wrote a 1978 biography on Brown, says climate change for the governor is more than just a scientific threat. "It's almost theological," he said. "The arrogance of mankind to destroy God's universe. I think for him in some very deep way it's a kind of sin. A mortal sin."
For de León, who said he spent more time growing up on the streets than in nature, his interest in the issue is more practical. Efforts to combat climate change are creating jobs, he says, in green technology.
"It's no longer just the pastime of the privileged. We're building a movement from the ground up. I like to say we're teaching electric cars to speak Spanish."
At the state Capitol, where Democrats have been reticent to publicly question Brown, de León at times has stood out as an exception.
Six years ago, when Brown vetoed a de León bill related to handgun ammunition restrictions tied up in legal challenges by the National Rifle Association, the governor said, bluntly, "Let's keep our powder dry on amendments until the court case runs its course."
De León responded with a four-page letter charging that Brown's veto message "displayed a frightening lack of understanding of the consequences of our current wild-west approach to handgun ammunition sales and will saddle taxpayers with the cost of unnecessary litigation.
"While your action certainly thrilled the gun lobby by keeping alive their lawsuit," he continued, "it puts my constituents and Californians across the state at unnecessary risk."
Later, during budget negotiations where Brown had the upper hand over lawmakers, de León held his ground, declaring at a hearing that "this is not rule by fiat. This is not a monarchy."
They went on to victories and legislative setbacks. Brown signed de León's bill to generate half of electricity from renewable sources and double efficiency in buildings by 2030, but only after it was stripped of a heavily lobbied provision to cut gasoline use in half. It was a goal Brown announced in his own state of the state address.
The more people try to ingratiate themselves to Brown, de Leon said he has learned, the less it works.
"I believe he's driven less by relationships and more so by whatever the clear objectives are that he may have," he said.
The governor and Senate leader enacted a separate measure to extend the state's climate pollution reduction target to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, along with cap-and-trade and the transportation tax.
In September, amid late voting on a package of affordable housing measures, de León tweeted photos of him with Brown under the caption "late night housing negotiations." Brown was seen resting his tennis shoe on a coffee table, while de León listened to him speak.
The governor credited de León along with several others for their work, specifying that he "introduced some key bills."
"That was important, and sometimes the Senate pushed things along in ways that were really important," he said. "That's true."
Brown's own career was once marked by unbridled ambition. He was just 32 when he became secretary of state in 1971 and already plotting what would be a successful race for governor in four years. Early in 1976, he announced he was running for president. Only once, however, did he take on an incumbent, when he challenged Jimmy Carter in 1980. Brown, in his early 40s, withdrew from the race in April.
State Sen. Ricardo Lara, a close friend of de León's, said he was "very honest" with the state Senate leader when he learned he was thinking about trying to replace Feinstein.
"You are going to take on the most powerful Democratic monarchy in the state, if not the country," Lara recalled saying. But he told him when he's attacked, or questioned his own decision to run, that he should think about what their immigrant parents went through, from being "slapped down" for speaking Spanish to ordered around while cleaning homes.
"Nothing has ever come easy to any of us," Lara said. "This is just one more example that, even within the Democratic establishment, we have to fight for our place."
De León said he recognizes the roots run "very deep" between Brown and Feinstein, whose tony Pacific Heights neighborhood in San Francisco contrasts with the hard-scrabble Logan Heights of de León's youth in San Diego.
He offers that "it's also generational."
"California has changed significantly in the last 25 years," he said. "And we need that change to be reflective, whether that's me or anybody else."
As he did on climate change, he said, "You have to take risks."
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Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León speaks at an event organized by the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences at Casina Pio IV on Nov. 3, 2017. Pontifical Academy of Sciences
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Everything is decrepit, worn out, perforated, consumed, and dented – a perfect match with the world of desolation surrounding us.
At Lugansk there is a checkpoint. All those retreating from the front must pass through it. There is no other checkpoint on the Donets for a few hundred kilometres. None of this matters, except to our commanding officers. Only a handful of military police are enough to report on the remains of an army. What do they care if the column continues to grow? What do they care if someone's feet and hands will freeze?
It matters not if someone sits on the snow, shoulders against a tree, dreaming of the warmth of home, the perfume of her hair, the table set for days of celebration – slowly slipping into the rigidity of a frozen death, the sweet and torpid death of hypothermia, forgotten by the living who grasp at life and have no time for their dying friends.
Thousands upon thousands have already died, and thousands more have been taken prisoner. Here are the remnants, the miserable remnants – all thinking that a few kilometres ahead, after Luganskaya, lies Warshilograd with many caserns. A town where it is possible to keep warm, eat and sleep. I do not want to think ahead for fear of going mad.
I walk back and forth observing my unfortunate companions. They are riflemen, bersaglieri, engineers, all in the same condition – long beards, eyes shining with fever, shrunken by the cold, tired and sleepy. I feel sorry for them, for a moment forgetting that I am in the same condition.Unfortunate men who do not know how long they will live.
Now it is dark. The wind whistles between the trees along the roadside. The litany of cursing, swearing and lamenting increases in volume. Darkness has brought into our souls the mistrust and discomfort of desolation that daylight keeps at bay. The checkpoint is not yet in sight.
Ahead of me a derelict horse pulls a sleigh. The sleigh carries two freezing soldiers who could not stand on their feet any longer. They cannot jump up and down to keep warm and they lament the cold and the pain. The starving horse keeps pulling toward the shoulder, pounding his hoof on the snow searching for food, but there is nothing to eat. His neighs join the lament of the two melancholy passengers.
Further ahead a light shines from a half-twisted and perforated truck. I move a little closer and hear a chorus of moans from the wounded inside. I move away as fast as I can and rejoin my group. We are walking now. I hear cursing but no lamenting.
Half-broken vehicles, men, sleighs, horses – they are all here after kilometres of fighting the elements and their own anxiety – surviving because of their will to survive. On the other side of the Donets they may be met by some bullet that will perforate their belly without a chance of mending.
A few soldiers stand guard around a simple building transformed into a headquarters. Four stoves keep the officers warm. Meanwhile, we have to wait out in the cold for hours until the controllers register all those passing through.
Disorganization and confusion has taken hold of our commanding officers in the command centre a hundred kilometres from the front. What is the purpose of this checkpoint? No one knows. What do they control? No one knows. Even the common soldiers in my battalion come to the same conclusion. Chaos, chaos, nothing more than chaos. Commands and counter commands without any consideration for the lot of the poor soldiers from whom all is required and nothing is given.
We proceed at a snail's pace. It is about an hour that we have been idling on this trail. It is so dark that I do not see this blessed river and have no idea of how much longer we have to wait. I still do not know when I will find something to put under my teeth. When will I find a hole to sleep in without fear of freezing to death?
caressed by our sun and consoled by our flowers.
The moon has risen adding more sadness to the scenery. We all resemble ghosts moving in a surreal landscape, where the white of the snow disappears far ahead into the grayish shade of fog illuminated by the moon.
Periodically, the murmur of the voices subsides. It seems that a wave of sadness invades the men with memories and regrets. Everyone becomes silent. The only sound comes from the distant cannons and from the engines kept running for fear they will freeze.
Hungry men, immensely tired, ambulate in this boreal scenery, helpless and hopeless, counting on luck alone to save them. How sad. The thundering of the cannons around us elicits a desire for peace, warmth and the good things in life. It brings a lump in my throat.
It was dark at four o'clock. It is now 11. Step after step, I arrived at the river – a slab of ice reflecting the moon. A moon indifferent to our pain and misery.
I remember when we crossed going in the opposite direction. It was the beginning of July. It was nighttime. We came to the front at the same time as a squadron of Russian bombers. Instead of crossing, we positioned the cannons and fired. The bombers disappeared after releasing their cargo at random.
We then crossed the river singing, exuberant and enthusiastic, saved by the strength of our cannons and the force of our youth. It seems like a century ago. Since then, something diabolical has turned the universe, our existence, upside down.
Now it is cold. We are at about 40 degrees below zero. We have almost no change of clothes and the food supply is low. We have lost our beautiful cannons – we are escaping. We have only darkness ahead. The Russians are pressing close behind with their Katushkas and Parabellums. Above all, they are better adapted to the cold.
What will become of us? What will we find on the other side of the river. Will we make it to Italy? Will they send us back to the front if we do? A terrible alternative, the thought of returning to the front in the present conditions, with hardly any weapons. The idea intensifies the cold – it makes me shiver.
It is my battalion's turn. My captain gives the requested information to the military police: where we came from, how many we are. We are given instructions to continue on to Warshilograd where we will find an artillery post that will provide for our needs.
It is about midnight. Finally they give us the go-ahead to cross the bridge. I feel a jumble of emotions. I look at the bridge, thankful that I've made it this far. I believe the Russians will not get past this point. Or at least, they will not pass it with ease. In the meantime, we will rest on the other side of the river. Maybe we will be repatriated. And, if they will not repatriate us, they will at least give us something to keep warm and something to eat. And should we fight again, they will give us weapons. Then, we may come back to being soldiers. They will not let us die, as they have done until now.
Translated from the Italian. Read Part II in the next issue of Accenti.


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Sports Games Don't Suck: Alpine Racer 3
Pete Davison
Sports games aren't popular with collectors because everyone thinks they suck. But there are some hidden gems out there to enjoy — and their lack of popularity means you can pick 'em up pretty cheap, too! Let's explore this unloved genre!
While sports games can be a hard sell for many people, as we've established, winter sports have a certain "cool factor" to them (no pun intended) that makes them a lot more palatable to the general gaming audience than many other types of sports games.
That said, there are still a few big names that tend to dominate the space — in the case of skiing and snowboarding, EA's SSX series ruled the roost throughout the PlayStation 2 era. So today we're going to take a look at a slightly lesser known winter sports game for the PlayStation 2: Namco's Alpine Racer 3, the third installment of a series that began in arcades in 1994.
Running on the same System 22 hardware as the original Ridge Racer, the first Alpine Racer game carried its stablemate's intuitive immediacy into a different type of game; it also had an intriguing full-body control scheme where you would steer by moving your feet on ski-like foot stands.
Alpine Racer 3, which came out in 2001, was a little bit different from its two arcade-only predecessors. Firstly and perhaps most significantly, it was designed as a console exclusive. Secondly, it eschewed the semi-realistic approach to the events seen in the two earlier games in favour of a more exaggerated "extreme sports" approach, which was just becoming fashionable around that time. And thirdly, it expanded its remit to cover snowboarding and skiboarding as well as simply skiing.
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In Alpine Racer 3, you pick one of seven playable characters and take them into any of the game's four modes: the Extreme Winner's Cup offers arcade-style structured gameplay with persistent progression, the single race mode challenges you to take on three rivals, the slalom mode tasks you with weaving through gates, and the time attack mode is self-explanatory.
Once you get into the gameplay, Alpine Racer 3 immediately distinguishes itself from titles such as SSX by de-emphasising score-based trick gameplay in favour of being a fairly straightforward racer. I say "fairly"; the courses you'll be sliding down are pretty perilous, it has to be said, with some absolutely spectacular setpieces to enjoy as you make your way down to the base. But the core of the gameplay is still "get to the end as fast as you can".
Alpine Racer 3's tight focus on the racing angle gives it a wonderful sense of fluidity and rhythm. The lack of a brake button means you'll really need to learn these courses inside out in order to succeed, and the fact that jumps and tricks are automatic at predefined locations on the track means that you don't have to distract yourself from the optimal racing line in order to build up boost or something.
The Extreme Winner's Cup mode allows you to earn money which can be used to purchase new equipment for each of the playable characters, but there's also an element of risk versus reward at play: fail to clear an event and you'll have the opportunity to try again for a fee, with said fee increasing with each "continue". You'll have to decide whether it's worthwhile to try the event again, or start again from the beginning of the series; while it can be a pain to run through the same events over and over, practice really does make perfect in this game.
The game does a great job of silently teaching you things, too. There are several events where you might find it seemingly impossible to keep up with the computer-controlled opponent — until you pay attention to what he's doing and discover that he's using a cheeky shortcut. Once you get the hang of doing that too, your times on that course will only continue to improve — and, of course, you'll stand a fighting chance against that pesky rival, too.
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The game has that distinct sense of "Namco style" from around the turn of the century; aesthetically, the game is closer to Ridge Racer Type-4 than its closer contemporary Ridge Racer V, but that's honestly welcome; while Ridge Racer V is an iconic early PlayStation 2 game, its cacophonic licensed soundtrack hasn't held up all that well, and the cool jazz funk vibes of Type-4 just fit more nicely with the kind of atmosphere that Alpine Racer 3 is trying to create.
The Type-4 philosophy extends to the overall track design, too; there's lots of appealing scenery to admire as you whizz past on your way downhill, and plenty of dynamic scenery elements. Some of these are just for show, but you'll need to watch out, because things like avalanches and oncoming trains can really get in the way if you're not careful!
Plus you can unlock Klonoa as a playable character, and the "secret" course is basically F-Zero on skis. Have I sold you yet?
Sadly, there's no sign of any sort of rerelease of this on the horizon, so you'll have to nab the PS2 version if you want to play it. Thankfully, it's cheap as chips at places like CEX, so don't expect to pay a lot for it. And believe me, it's a game you'll be very happy to have in your collection.
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Swindon Town Football Club was founded by Reverend William Pitt of Liddington in 1879.
The team turned professional in 1894 and joined the Southern League which was founded in the same year.
Swindon reached the FA Cup semifinals for the first time in the 1909/10 season, losing to
eventual winners Newcastle United.
Barnsley and Swindon were invited to compete for the Dubonnet Cup in 1910 at
the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris.
The result was a 2-1 victory for Swindon with Harold Fleming scoring both of the club's goals.
This picture was taken in 1966, and shows three players from the squad that went to Paris
Jock Walker, Bob Jefferson and Tommy Bolland – posing with the trophy.
The trophy was missing for many years, but turned up in 2014 in an old cupboard!
You can read more about it by clicking here
The following season, 1910/11, Swindon Town won the Southern League championship,
earning them a Charity Shield match with the Football League champions Manchester United.
This, the highest – scoring Charity Shield game to date,
was played on 25 September 1911 at Stamford Bridge with Manchester United winning 8 – 4.
Some of the proceeds of this game were later donated to the survivors of the Titanic.
In 1912 Swindon Town reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup for a second time in 3 years,
losing to Barnsley after a replay 1 – 0.
Swindon's exploits at this time owed a lot to the skilful forward H.J. Fleming
who was capped by England 11 times between 1909 and 1914 despite
playing outside the Football League. Fleming remained with Swindon
throughout a playing career spanning 1907 and 1924 and went
on to live in the town for his entire life.
There is a statue of Harold Fleming in the Swindon Town reception area
Swindon entered the Football League in 1920 as a founding member of Division Three and
defeated Luton Town 9 – 1 in their first game of the season. This result stands as a record
for the club in League matches.
After the outbreak of World War II, the War Department took over the Stadium in 1940,
where for a while POWs (Prisoners of War) were housed in huts placed on the pitch,
for this the club received compensation of £4,570 in 1945.
World War II affected Swindon Town more than most other football clubs and the club
was almost disbanded, the club needed a large amount of time to recover and for this
reason it failed to make any real impression in the league and would not climb into
the second division until 1963 when they finished runners up to Northampton Town.
The club was relegated back into Division Three in 1965 but it was about to create a sensation.


João Ferreira (GUE/NGL). – Senhor Presidente, o facto de estarmos perante um relatório que tem, neste momento, mais de quatrocentas propostas de alteração mostra que está longe de ser consensual e que este processo está longe de estar suficientemente amadurecido. É um processo que terá repercussões políticas muito profundas – está longe de ser um dossiê meramente técnico – e isto aconselhava a um outro processo de maturação e de reflexão.
Se a isto juntarmos o facto de, nos últimos dias, em poucos dias, um apelo público que está disponível na Internet ter sido já subscrito por largas centenas de cidadãos, tudo isto aconselhava a que este processo pudesse ser suspenso por aqui e pudesse haver uma reflexão mais profunda sobre este relatório, que essa reflexão pudesse prosseguir na comissão especializada.
Fazíamos, por isso, apelo à sua prerrogativa, Senhor Presidente, de poder devolver o relatório à comissão, que fizesse uso dela e que pudéssemos não votar aqui, hoje, este relatório, não forçar a aprovação de um relatório que está longe de ser consensual e que terá profundas repercussões políticas no funcionamento deste Parlamento.
Quanto às considerações políticas, já as fizemos durante o debate, mas seria sensato fazer este adiamento.
Presidente. – Onorevole Ferreira, Lei sta richiedendo all'Aula di esprimersi a favore o contro la sua proposta o è soltanto un invito? Chiede un voto?
Va bene allora, ci pronunciamo sull'Aula, prego.
João Ferreira (GUE/NGL). – Senhor Presidente, é uma prerrogativa do Presidente poder enviar este relatório para a comissão. Se entender não fazer uso dela, nesse caso, pedíamos que o plenário se pudesse pronunciar.
Max Andersson (Verts/ALE). – Mr President, I wish to raise a point about Rule 170 of the Rules of Procedure. We have an amendment supported by more than 100 MEPs from five different groups, Amendment 320, which proposes that former MEPs who have a transitional allowance should not be engaged in lobbying. It was declared inadmissible on the fifth version of the voting list last night. We have not received a formal explanation why this pretty good amendment was declared inadmissible, and this we find strange and unacceptable. If possible, we would like the vote on Amendment 320 to go forward.
Presidente. – Grazie onorevole Andersson, rispondo subito alla sua domanda e poi passiamo alla votazione sulla proposta dell'onorevole Ferreira.
Per quanto riguarda la decisione del Presidente di dichiarare irricevibile l'emendamento a cui Lei fa riferimento, si tratta di una decisione definitiva perché, ai sensi dell'articolo 232 del trattato sul funzionamento dell'Unione europea, il Parlamento ha il potere di stabilire il proprio regolamento interno in base alla giurisprudenza; ciò significa che esso può decidere della propria organizzazione interna e adottare le misure adeguate al fine di garantire il corretto funzionamento e svolgimento delle sue procedure.
In tale contesto il Parlamento può disciplinare, nel proprio regolamento interno, talune questioni riguardanti i propri deputati, ove ciò sia necessario a garantire il corretto funzionamento e svolgimento delle sue procedure. Tuttavia il regolamento interno non può essere utilizzato per regolamentare le attività degli ex deputati. Da qui la decisione del Presidente. Per quanto riguarda la proposta dell'onorevole Ferreira, vorrei sapere se c'è qualche parlamentare che vuole intervenire a favore, qualcuno che vuole intervenire contro.
Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the Commission, in writing. – The Commission takes note of the fact that the European Parliament has adopted today a revision of its Rules of Procedure which includes some changes concerning the relations with the Commission. Pursuant to point 21 of the Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission, the European Parliament has taken the commitment to seek the opinion of the Commission when it comes forward with such changes to its Rules of Procedure.
By letter from President Schulz of 9 December 2016, the European Parliament transmitted for the Commission's opinion, where relevant, the envisaged amendments to its Rules of Procedure brought forward for consideration of the plenary on 13 December 2016.
The Commission regrets that Parliament did not respect its commitment for consulting the Commission in a meaningful way, as the time left before the vote by the European Parliament has not allowed the Commission to provide a considered response or even discuss the matter in the College, and the Parliament to take a Commission opinion duly into account before voting on the proposed changes.
The Commission regrets that the Parliament did not act in accordance with the principle of loyal and sincere cooperation and, despite its request, did not allow the Commission enough time to express its opinion before adopting the revision.
The Commission wishes to highlight some of Parliament's changes to its Rules of Procedure, in particular those relating to the proposed hearings in case of the appointment of a new Commissioner during the Commission's mandate or modifications in the portfolio of serving Commissioners, as well as those relating to a possible conflict of interest of a Commissioner. It must be borne in mind that those changes, if introduced unilaterally by the European Parliament in its Rules of Procedure, cannot create a role for the European Parliament which is neither provided for in the Treaties nor in the Framework Agreement and which would affect the institutional position and functioning of the Commission.
The Commission underlines in this regard that it will apply the Treaties and continue to respect the terms of the Framework Agreement. The Commission expects that the Parliament will do the same.


Another week and another round of stories regarding the invasion of America by illegal aliens/terrorists and an Obama administration hell bent on letting them invade, at the expense of American taxpayers. Unfortunately, as usual, these are stories you won't find from the, once, major media outlets now referred to as "Infotainment Media", owned and operated by American freedom-hating Marxists and Oligarchs. Read the stories and weep while a corrupt Obama administration opens the borders of America to the illegal invasion, while natural born citizens, including military veterans and children are starving and living under highway overpasses. This definitely is not your grandfather's America, and in fact it's becoming more like Karl Marx's America. Stand up for America and let your elected, yet unaccountable, political representative know that it's time to save America form illegal invaders and terrorist pouring over American borders and take care of Americans first. Enjoy!
So really, what's the point of linking to stories on America's immigration problems, and the lack of enforcement causing the problem? Well, our immigration laws have been gutted and an open-borders policy for America has been initiated by the Marxist Obama administration. America is being invaded by illegal aliens who are being rewarded for it with American's tax dollars. And the so-called major media ignores it. Because most of these news stories will not be found in the major Marxist-controlled media, such as NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, etc.. I had to do quite a bit of digging to even find these stories. So why isn't the major Marxist media covering these stories? They fully support the Marxist principles of open borders and open class-warfare. If it was merely about the money, at least it would make sense. But no, these anti-American Marxists want America exceptionalism and sovereignty destroyed and America turned into a 3rd world pisshole. That's another story for another time. So, here are some of the stories that the Marxist media ignored over the past week or so.
Map Show Illegal Immigrant Convicts In The U.S.
Illegal immigrant charged in crash that killed Mt. Airy woman Says She Deserves To Stay in U.S.
Thought I'd share an interesting reply to a news story I found on the Internet. The sad aspect of the Obama administration's scandals is that this list only scratches the surface. Thanks, RuNs WiTh ScisSoRs.
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The Town Board selected CityScape Consultants from five responses to a request for proposals issued in May.
CityScape "specializes in serving governmental entities and public sector for all issues relating to wireless telecommunications," according to its website.
CityScape will be paid by funds deposited with the town by the wireless providers that submit applications.
The Town Board in early June approved a 140-day temporary moratorium on new cell towers or other wireless telecommunication facilities as town officials grapple with how to regulate the rapidly changing wireless industry.
A newly formed committee composed of various stakeholders has been tasked with studying appropriate standards and restrictions for placement of cell towers in the public right-of-way.